The Importance of Tax and Tax Agents, with Robyn Jacobson (Part 1)

Business Habitat with Sam Dean

IDA Episode 37, you will hear Part 1 of Sam's brilliant conversation with Robyn Jacobson, the Senior Advocate of The Tax Institute. She is well known in tax training circles, having been a professional tax trainer for 23 years and a regular conference and webinar presenter. With nearly three decades in the profession, Robyn's public practice background preceded her training roles with Webb Martin, her own business, Cyntax, and TaxBanter. Robyn is a Chartered Tax Adviser of The Tax Institute, a Fellow of both CA ANZ and CPA Australia, and a Registered Tax Agent. Based in Melbourne, she is involved in a number of Tax Institute committees and is the immediate past Chair of CPA Australia's Victorian Public Practice Committee. Robyn regularly consults with The Treasury, the ATO and the professional bodies on technical issues including as a member of the ATO's Tax Practitioner Stewardship Group. Robyn is an avid advocate, social media commentator, columnist, blogger and podcaster and is regularly quoted in the media. Robyn was recognised in the Women In Finance Awards 2019 as the Winner of Thought Leader of the Year and was named in the global Top 50 Women in Accounting 2019. She was recently recognised in the Australian Accounting Awards 2020 as the Winner of both Thought Leader of the Year and the Accountants Daily Excellence Award. In this episode Sam and Robyn chat about their mutual passion for the accounting industry, the important role tax agents play in our world generally and why they have absolutely been the unsung heroes of this pandemic. Plus Robyn shares not only some really amazing stats about the role of accountants in our society, but also the best analogy Sam's heard about Job Keeper. Make sure you hit subscribe in your podcast app so that next week's episode, will download automatically and you won't miss out on Part 2 of this great conversation with Robyn. Connect with Robyn via The Tax Institute Here at BlueprintHQ, we are here to help. We are super passionate about the accounting industry and supporting you with what you need. Connect with me [e-mail] We are offering 20 minute reach out calls to help support you during this time. Go to blueprinthq.com.au This episode is brought to you by Blueprint Renovate Program, the program designed to create space in your firm to cultivate mindset change through what you do everyday. Visit blueprinthq.com.au/contact to start the conversation.